ENG 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Exceptionalism, Bad City, Raymond Chandler
27 Jan 2017
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In crime fiction, crimes happen for three reasons. Reacher is a version of the detective archetype. Reacher abides by a rigid moral and behavioural code. Reacher is a version of the archetypical american hero. An archetype is a universal literary symbol, they are universal in the sense that (1) we find them in a wide range of literary works and (2) each of us finds them meaningful. A character archetype is a universal character type. Its modern origins are found in three stories by edgar allan. Source is in the 19th century in short stories. Lays the groundwork for the detective archetype through his hero, the chevalier. Poe introduced what would become some defining features: A crime set in a city where potentially criminal elements lurk. A set of clues, which the detective assess one by one then uses to successfully.
